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The impact of the widespread use of police body cameras is still uncertain, but as larger departments continue to put more cameras on the street, prosecutors and defense attorneys have a more immediate concern: how to find time to review ...

OCEAN CITY — Police say a 9-year-old boy has died after he fell from a pontoon boat near Ocean City and was struck by its propeller. Natural Resources Police said in a statement that the 9-year-old and an 11-year-old fell ...

The University of Maryland’s police chief apologized and said an officer has been “severely disciplined” for using pepper spray on a student at an off-campus graduation party attended primarily by African-American students. Police were called to the party at the ...

A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a police trainee who lost an eye after being accidentally shot during a training exercise and refused a $200,000 settlement offered to him by Baltimore city. Raymond Gray’s attorney, A. Dwight ...

WASHINGTON — District of Columbia and U.S. authorities have settled the final lawsuit related to the arrests of hundreds of protesters during a 2002 demonstration against the World Bank. The Washington Post reports that authorities agreed to pay $2.8 million ...

ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland Senate panel has added a tax break on retirement income for law enforcement and emergency services personnel to an overall tax-relief plan. The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee made the changes Wednesday, sending it to the ...

A lawyer for a police trainee who lost an eye after being accidentally shot during a training exercise says he will not accept a $200,000 settlement that is listed on Wednesday’s Baltimore City Board of Estimates agenda. Raymond Gray was ...

Two Baltimore schools police officers have been charged after cellphone video surfaced showing one of them slapping and kicking a teen at a school while the second officer stood by. Anthony Spence, 44, and Saverna Bias, 53, turned themselves in ...

The City of Baltimore has sought permission from the City Council to spend $2 million to hire the Washington, D.C., law firm WilmerHale to represent it in matters relating to the Department of Justice’s pattern and practice investigation of the ...

As the Baltimore Police Department prepares to equip 3,000 officers with body-worn cameras amid increasing scrutiny of police interactions with the public, questions remain about how the footage will be handled and who will have access to it. Baltimore Mayor ...